Performance, Brainstorming & TuningTalk about modifications, or anything else associated with performance enhancements. Have a new idea for performance/reliability? Post it here. No idea is stupid! (please use Detailing and Appearance for cosmetic ideas)

This will be an all-winter job, as I swap components between the engines, and add some other goodies (more details on that later). Let'* concentrate on it step by step.

Notice how well they sealed it up:

Topsy-Turvy:

Puking guts:

Pay close attention to the different look between the front and rear valvetrains. This is a result of more heat on the rear (crossover, firewall, less air flow, etc):

Zilla'* motor will come out when this one is ready for the Zilla cylinder heads, a new LIM, new SC (different design, and some 'extra' stuff along with it) and possibly some other goodies.

Long story short, the short block you see replaces the Zilla'*, then that motor will be rebuilt at my liesure, and set aside as a spare for either car (probably the SLE, as it continues to get abuse from 'storing' the previous year'* Zilla parts, including possibly these cylinder heads after porting, so that I can switch LIM'* between them both...maybe some other stuff......)

Two BIG changes this winter though. More details when I know more. Don't clutter the topic trying to guess, some hints have been dropped, but both will be revealed here as things get firmed up.

The Zilla will emerge in the spring with 15psi average compression improvement, 6 good pistons, larger injectors replacing the stockers that I FINALLY outflowed (with the FP jacked way up), and two other power-adding mods.

The Zilla didn't look that way the first time I looked a few years back, but the car was babied by the original retired owner, and I ran nothing but the best juice at short intervals.

The lifter valley on the Zilla looks FAR better than this one, but it'll clean up over time. The important thing is that this one has 6 good pistons, better compression across all 6, and great oil pressure.